Ergin, Ecem; (2020) Enmarcado, Por Lo Tanto, Real. Materia Arquitectura , 20 pp. 58-73. 10.56255/ma.v0i20.480.

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Abstract

With the advent of the post-truth era, the usual definitions of urban activism have been crying out for an update. Covering different territories and media, this work focuses on suggesting new ways of thinking about architecture and its digital representation as a means for political engagement. My proposal is that the information of the space, or more precisely, the architecture, can be displayed to reduce the “uncertainty” of a message that is found online and can, therefore, be used for its legitimation. Beginning in Times Square in New York, the context of the investigation extends to Central Asia and explores contingent debates. It seems that players on the global political scene, such as China, India and Pakistan, have been using the built environment of another global power, such as the US, to validate the claims of one against the other. While using familiar urban settings to legitimize political messages is far from new, campaigns that use another country's public spaces and landmarks to build reputations at home could be new terrain for geopolitics. This investigation reveals the potential results of this correspondence.

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